vendredi 6 Oct 2006, 11h57m

Saw Regina Spektor at the 9:30 Club earlier this week, and she was stunning. Her voice is even more breathtaking in person, she was extremely humble and cute (even if she wasn't all that talkative). Her band actually *enhanced* the experience, and I tend to be a solo kinda person when it comes to my female pianists, so that's a big compliment. Here's a rough setlist:

Pound of Flesh
Music Box
The Flowers
Poor Little Rich Boy
–ON GUITAR–
Bobbin' for Apples
That Time
–BAND ENTERS–
On the Radio
Ain't No Cover (I don't remember it, but apparently she played it)
Sailor Song
Apres Moi
Better
Edit
Fidelity
Your Honor
–ENCORE–
UHMerica
Ghost of a Corporate Future
Carbon Monoxide
Us
Samson

It was fierce. She played my favorite song–Apres Moi–and a few others I really, really love (Us, Samson, Better, The Flowers). And I had never heard Pound before; it's quickly become one of my favorites. I love her impression of Ezra Pound in the song, esp. as I just got done studying him in American Lit. The only songs I would have liked to hear were Chemo Limo, Lady, and Oedipus. But I don't guess she plays anything from before Soviet Kitsch now. It was a really great show, though.

I'm going to see the Dresden Dolls there in a couple of weeks–a full report will be here when I do.

Sidenote: I am on an insane Garbage kick. Shirley Manson's voice is badass, and Nobody Loves You is one of my new favorite songs EVAR.

xo.